Mark - 11:5

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5 Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?"

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 11:5.

Differing Translations

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And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
And some of them that stood there, said to them: What do you loosing the colt?
and certain of those standing there said to them, 'What do ye, loosing the colt?'
when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"
And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing by releasing the colt?"
Some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

What do ye, loosing the colt? - Or, why do ye do this? What authority have you for doing it?
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew. 21:1-16.

And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic version reads, who walked there; who were either standing hard by, or walking about the place, being inhabitants of it; and either the owners of the colt, or their servants, or both:
said unto them, what do ye loosing the colt? What do ye mean by it? do you intend to take the colt away? what business have you with it? what right have you to do so? and what is your end in it?

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